Gong Lum v. Rice Decided
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Mississippi could classify a US-born Chinese American student as 'colored' and bar her from a white school, extending 'separate but equal' segregation to Asian Americans.
Sources
- supreme.justia.com supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/275/78
- law.cornell.edu law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/275/78